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Re: Grep -A -m and two following matches
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: Grep -A -m and two following matches |
Date: |
Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:36:26 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.2.5.1i |
Hello,
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:56:54AM +0300, Jori Mantysalo wrote:
> address@hidden jori]$ echo -e 'a\nb\nc\nd' | grep -A 1 -m 1 b
> b
> c
> address@hidden jori]$ echo -e 'a\nb\nb\nd' | grep -A 1 -m 1 b
> b
>
> A bug?
the info page documents this behaviour:
When `grep' stops after NUM matching lines, it outputs any
trailing context lines. Since context does not include matching
lines, `grep' will stop when it encounters another matching line.
So it's a feature! ;-)
Yours,
Stepan